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Meteorologists say that in the next decade, summer daytime temperatures above 28°C could persist for more than a month, with ...
In 2018, the average salary for European scientists was €47,606, almost as high as the levels last seen in 2016. On the face of it, scientists in Europe are doing better financially than their ...
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Rocks in some parts of the UK have the potential to produce natural hydrogen, but it remains unclear whether the gas is ...
Rising summer temperatures pose a blackout threat to the UK’s electrical grid, with crucial equipment such as transformers and cabling ill-equipped to cope with the climate of the future. In a ...
Delivering a sustainable UK energy industry. ITN Business launches news-style programme ‘Sustainable Solutions Towards Net Zero’ which highlights the businesses championing sustainability ...
There are close to 1500 rivers in the UK, but just two stretches have been officially approved as swimming destinations – and even these are currently too polluted to use safely.While ...
Cussans’s team stepped up surveillance in the UK in 2018, testing more than 300 samples of Italian ryegrass. He thinks the resistant plants on the farm in Kent almost certainly evolved in situ ...